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Dani Kasprzak

@foucauldron.bsky.social

Leftist. Penchant for hyperlocal Minneapolis politics. Psychoanalytic therapist. Former academic book editor (occasional current proofreader). Queer single parent. Piano, gardening & gossip fuel me Free Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ and Fuck ICE 🧊

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Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Will Rise During Quarantines. So Will Neglect of At-Risk People, Social Workers Say. Patchwork social service departments are scrambling to address the fallout of coronavirus restrictions, and social workers say vast numbers of at-risk, elderly, sick and disabled Americans will be imp...

Isolation is deadly. I shudder to think about people in already stressed families in hiding right now.

What happens to someone who might normally be able to secretly get abortion pills without an abusive partner knowing, for example? A lot harder to hide if you’re also hiding from ICE.

from 2020:

11.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.

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Amy Klobuchar’s Record on Trump Is Shameful - Racket As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

@amyklobuchar.com 's record is even way worse than you might imagine. Traditional Media will never tell you this because the Republican owners really like her

racketmn.com/amy-klobucha...

11.02.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.

There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.

11.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1479    πŸ” 488    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 8

These assholes look like the psychotically violent henchmen in a mediocre movie

10.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Last time I saw MPD they were aggressively tearing down a homemade roundabout. And I didn’t see this personally but later that day they came back in SWAT gear to tear down the materials for a roundabout since the residents had already put it away for the night.

11.02.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 1853 & people are in hiding from slave catchers. It’s 2026 & people are in hiding from slave catchers.

11.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 750    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

β€œwhat we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in historyβ€”the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”

11.02.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1119    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15

This absolutely astonished me. Almost literal pandemic scale of destruction of lives

(I know the detentions are a range of durations and outcomes and so the analogy isn’t right, but the scale! Holy shit)

10.02.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

In the Skyway 20 minutes after an ice abduction, mayor Frey walks through the government center. A lady yells at him "what are you doing to stop this? Fuck you." He responds, "is that helpful?" With a smirk on his face.

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We should not normalize smashing in people's car windows. That alone is a civil rights violation!

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We’re never going to turn our backs on our neighbors and stop exercising our constitutional rights. No amount of meetings with Tom Homan or anyone in the Trump administration will change our community’s resolve.

This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.

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Deep cut!

10.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So we really have no way to remove a mayor or city council person since we don’t have impeachment rules in our charter? How is this possible?

10.02.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same

10.02.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nazi concentration camp prisoner population by year

Nazi concentration camp prisoner population by year

ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.

10.02.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1791    πŸ” 931    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 66

Updates three times a week from our local leaders β€” didn’t realize this was happening. Hopefully more of us are able to tune in

10.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate to say this but I think things are just going to keep getting increasingly chaotic and morally shocking before this tidal wave of sadism finally recedes

Its important to identify for yourself what moral injury (as witnesses & those coerced) feels like and how to recognize its after effects

10.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 339    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8

If you have Jacob Frey’s cell phone please call him and tell him to resign.

He is not meeting the moment. Stand down, let actual leaders lead.

10.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is terrorizing our city and state. Meanwhile @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social is hosting Tom Homan at City Hall. Fucking disgusting and disturbing behavior. SHAME ON YOU, JACOB.

10.02.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
HONORING MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, MEN, BOYS, TWO SPIRIT, AND LGBTQI+ RELATIVES
February 14, 2026
11am-2pm
Minneapolis American Indian Center
1530 E Franklin Ave Minneanolis. MN

HONORING MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, MEN, BOYS, TWO SPIRIT, AND LGBTQI+ RELATIVES February 14, 2026 11am-2pm Minneapolis American Indian Center 1530 E Franklin Ave Minneanolis. MN

Annual MMIR March being held again on Valentine's Day, Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis council member Chavez: We are not going to rest until ICE operation ends While DHS said that it removed about 700 agents from the 3,000 that were in the state last week, Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez says he hasn’t seen much change on the ground.

We aren’t resting until ICE is out of MN. We aren’t stopping until ICE is completely abolished. They want us to bend the knee so they can continue separating families, but we won’t be doing that. We’re going to win, and it’s bc of the resiliency of our neighbors.

www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

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This came across a group I’m in that’s highly vetted, so I think this is legit. Sounds like more info (including endorsements) will come out shortly.

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We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us!
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05.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
two hot latino dancers grinding on each other during bad bunny’s halftime show hehe

two hot latino dancers grinding on each other during bad bunny’s halftime show hehe

this is my heated rivalry πŸ‘€πŸ₯΅πŸˆπŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ”₯

09.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

When I was a kid, the super bowl ads were all beer, cola, and Doritos. Then it was dot-coms. A couple years ago it was all crypto. This year is all AI slop, surveillance, and online betting. What a grim reflection of the world the tech oligarchs have wrought.

09.02.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 366    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

love to see linebackers puffin' across the field for a touchdown!

09.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, add in crypto, and we're at, like, 90%

09.02.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@foucauldron is following 20 prominent accounts